The Tracks of Spec MX-5: Circuit of The Americas

On May 4-6, and then again on September 13-16, Spec MX-5 Challenge – Central will run at Circuit of The Americas. COTA is well-know as the host of the US Grand Prix Formula 1 race, as well as IMSA, Pirelli World Challenge, WEC and MotoGP events in recent years.

For some laps around COTA in an ND Mazda MX-5 Cup car (a little, but not much, faster than the NC generation car used in Spec MX-5 Challenge), we turned to in-car video from a PWC TCA event last year. Here Winding Road Racing driver Jeff Sexton demonstrates some of what drivers like about COTA:

Complex layout, with 20 turns and a variety of turn shapes and combinations